good evening, and thank you for being here. I'm Leslie, your heart. A public information officer for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. First off, I would like to thank each of you with your assistance and sharing information about this case from the very beginning. This is certainly not the update we had hope to provide this evening. Before we get started, you should know that this is a very active investigation. We understand that you have a lot of questions, but please understand in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation. There's not a lot of that. We can release it this time, Sheriff. Just Jeff Cassidy is gonna give a brief statement followed by district train. General pierced office. Yeah. I'm Jeff Casting sheriff of Sullivan County. I first want to thank the community for their outpouring of love, support and prayers for the last 17 days when sweet Evelyn was first reported missing. I want to thank the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and our detectives and officers for their persistence, dedication and hard work and trying to locate able. This evening we received information that lead T b I agents and soul became detectives to a property belonging to a family member of Evelyn's mother in the 500 block of Muddy Creek Road in blood. During the search, investigators discovered human remains believed to be those of 1/15 month old girl. The remains will be sent for an autopsy and a positive identification. At this time. The investigation is in the very early stages. There's a lot of work left to be done, and right now this is the extent of what what we can provide today. I would now like to introduce our disk attorney general very star vis. Who can advise you how the case will progress from here on forward. Like sure, the 1st 1 to say I want to think law enforcement We've been involved. It's part of investigation. Since its inception has been excellent working relationship there, Officer tibia shares. And this point is, the sheriff pointed out, We're just beginning stages of the investigation, and at this point we're just gonna continue working. There's a lot of work to still be done, and that will evaluate our case and what we're gonna do next after we conclude our investigation. So based on what has happened to Not. There's a lot of work to be doing, forensically, just fashion. We investigated, so thank you.

Authorities believe they've found the remains of 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was reported missing a little more than two weeks ago.Evelyn was last seen in December and police initially said last month they were investigating why it took so long to report the toddler missing.On Friday, Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said detectives received a tip that led to a property belonging to a "family member of Evelyn's mother."Police will confirm Evelyn's identity after an autopsy is conducted, Cassidy said.The investigation is still active and in its early stages, officials said.The discovery follows two weeks of efforts from local, state and federal authorities to locate the child, navigating through interviews with a mother who police said changed her story each time she spoke to them.The mother was arrested for giving false reportsMegan Boswell, 18, Evelyn's mother, was arrested in February and charged with one count of false reports, Cassidy said last month."During the investigation we determined that some of the statements Megan Boswell provided to us were false," the sheriff had said. "Many of the false statements that Megan made delayed our investigation and also impeded our investigation on trying to find Evelyn."The sheriff said the mother's story would change "every time" she spoke to police.Boswell, who did not return CNN's previous request for comment, told CNN affiliate WJHL in a Facebook message that she was pregnant and unable to take a polygraph test. But the sheriff's office said it didn't use polygraph tests. And the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations told CNN she wasn't scheduled to meet with a polygraph examiner from the bureau either.Jail records released by the sheriff's office last month indicated Boswell was not pregnant, WJHL reported.Boswell has sole custody over the child, and Evelyn's father is an active-duty military serviceman stationed in Louisiana, officials have said.Grandmother was arrested Days after an AMBER alert was issued for the baby, Evelyn's grandmother was arrested alongside her boyfriend, after police said they may have information about the disappearance.Angela Boswell, 42, and William McCloud, 33, were found traveling in a gray 2007 BMW in Wilkes County, North Carolina.The two were charged with possession of stolen property, according to the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office and were extradited to Tennessee. On Wednesday, Angela Boswell appeared in court for the property theft charge, where she told the judge she was having difficulty finding an attorney because of the "stigma" surrounding the case.The judge reset the case to March 24.She was reported missing months after she was last seenThe TBI said it received at least 890 tips in connection to the case. But authorities eventually determined there had been no credible sightings, a spokesman with the sheriff's office said.The young child was last reported seen Dec. 26. She had blonde hair, blue eyes and was wearing a pink tracksuit, pink shoes and a pink bow when she went missing. "We're conducting the investigation and obviously we've been talking to as many people as we've come in contact with that knew about the child," Sullivan County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Andy Seabolt had told CNN affiliate WCYB at the beginning of the search. "We want to know why the child was not reported missing earlier."As days went by, the reward for finding the child topped $71,000."We pray every day she is found, in good health and can be brought back and taken care of," her great-grandfather, David Jones, told WCYB."It's just been a stress on all of us," he said.

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Authorities believe they've found the remains of 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was reported missing a little more than two weeks ago.

Evelyn was last seen in December and police initially said last month they were investigating why it took so long to report the toddler missing.

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On Friday, Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said detectives received a tip that led to a property belonging to a "family member of Evelyn's mother."

Police will confirm Evelyn's identity after an autopsy is conducted, Cassidy said.

The investigation is still active and in its early stages, officials said.

The discovery follows two weeks of efforts from local, state and federal authorities to locate the child, navigating through interviews with a mother who police said changed her story each time she spoke to them.

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Evelyn Boswell

The mother was arrested for giving false reports

Megan Boswell, 18, Evelyn's mother, was arrested in February and charged with one count of false reports, Cassidy said last month.

"During the investigation we determined that some of the statements Megan Boswell provided to us were false," the sheriff had said. "Many of the false statements that Megan made delayed our investigation and also impeded our investigation on trying to find Evelyn."

The sheriff said the mother's story would change "every time" she spoke to police.

Boswell, who did not return CNN's previous request for comment, told CNN affiliate WJHL in a Facebook message that she was pregnant and unable to take a polygraph test. But the sheriff's office said it didn't use polygraph tests. And the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations told CNN she wasn't scheduled to meet with a polygraph examiner from the bureau either.

Jail records released by the sheriff's office last month indicated Boswell was not pregnant, WJHL reported.

Boswell has sole custody over the child, and Evelyn's father is an active-duty military serviceman stationed in Louisiana, officials have said.

Grandmother was arrested

Days after an AMBER alert was issued for the baby, Evelyn's grandmother was arrested alongside her boyfriend, after police said they may have information about the disappearance.

Angela Boswell, 42, and William McCloud, 33, were found traveling in a gray 2007 BMW in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

The two were charged with possession of stolen property, according to the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office and were extradited to Tennessee. On Wednesday, Angela Boswell appeared in court for the property theft charge, where she told the judge she was having difficulty finding an attorney because of the "stigma" surrounding the case.

The judge reset the case to March 24.

She was reported missing months after she was last seen

The TBI said it received at least 890 tips in connection to the case. But authorities eventually determined there had been no credible sightings, a spokesman with the sheriff's office said.

The young child was last reported seen Dec. 26. She had blonde hair, blue eyes and was wearing a pink tracksuit, pink shoes and a pink bow when she went missing.

"We're conducting the investigation and obviously we've been talking to as many people as we've come in contact with that knew about the child," Sullivan County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Andy Seabolt had told CNN affiliate WCYB at the beginning of the search. "We want to know why the child was not reported missing earlier."

As days went by, the reward for finding the child topped $71,000.

"We pray every day she is found, in good health and can be brought back and taken care of," her great-grandfather, David Jones, told WCYB.